I don't check in here very much, but I wanted to post about something that has been helping me. It may not be helpful for all or even many. My dissociation has gotten worse to the point where it's hard to function. I don't have traditional DID in that the amnesic part is not severe, and that's actually been helpful. I have found that accepting my parts and recognizing how important each is has helped me a great deal, even those parts that seem bad, e.g., inner critic, I have started to see as an inner protector. This may seem obvious to a lot, but getting to this point has taken me years.

I got my first tattoo to honor the whole of myself; a 'triskelion' (past, present, future) with a ";" in the middle. Next was a lotus flower with the words 'entre nous' ('between us' in french). The lotus flower is to honor my child, trying to grow into something beautiful out of **** and mud. My next will be 3 roman shields to honor those parts that have spent decades protecting my child. And then...we'll see.

This might not help anyone else, but I hope it does.